Businesses ‘Have A Heart’

Dear Editor,

Area 10 Agency on Aging would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to the community and local businesses who helped make the 2009 “Have a Heart for the Homebound” campaign a success! A special thanks to all three Bloomingfoods locations for selling their renowned vintage hearts, and to Babbs SuperValu in Spencer and Chicago’s Pizza in Ellettsville for selling hearts to raise money for Area 10’s Assistance to the Homebound Programs.

Programs benefiting from the annual campaign include grocery shopping, friendly visiting, telephone reassurance, money management and food pantry. These programs help vulnerable, homebound elderly maintain independence in their own homes for as long as safe and feasible and help to prevent unnecessary institutionalization.

Anyone interested in becoming a part of the AHB programs either as a client or volunteer, is asked to please contact Heather Donovan at Area 10 at 812-935-2521. And once again, thank you for having a heart for the homebound!